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 오늘의 말씀

 

에스겔 37:3-5, 11-14 (쉬운성경, NASB)

 

3. 그가 내게 "사람아, 이 뼈들이 살 수 있겠느냐?"하고 물으셨다. 나는 "주 여호와여, 주님만이 아십니다"라고 말했다.

He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord GOD, You know."

 

4. 그 때에 여호와께서 내게 말씀하셨다. "이 뼈들에게 나 주 여호와의 일을 예언하리라. '마른 뼈들아, 여호와의 말씀을 들어라. 

Again He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.'

 

5. 내가 너희 속에 숨을 넣으면, 너희가 살아날 것이다. 

 "Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life.

 

11. 그 때에 여호와께서 내게 말씀하셨다. "사람아, 이 뼈들은 이스라엘 백성이다. 그들이 말하기를 '우리의 뼈가 말라 버렸고, 우리의 희망이 사라졌으며, 우리는 망하였다'라고 한다. 

Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up and out hope has perished We are completely cut off.' 

 

12. 그러므로 너는 그들에게 예언하여 말하여라. '오 백성이여, 내가 너희 무덤을 열고 너희를 그 곳에서 끄집어 낼 것이다. 내가 너희를 이스라엘 땅으로 되돌아가게 할 것이다. 

 "Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel.

 

13. 내 백성아, 내가 너희의 무덤을 열고 너희를 그 곳에서 끌어 낼 때에 너희는 내가 여호와라는 것을 알게 될 것이다. 

 "Then you will know that I am the LORd, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people.

 

14. 내가 나의 영을 너희 속에 두고 너희가 살 수 있게 할 것이다. 그리고 내가 너희를 너희 땅에 정착시킬 것이다. 그 때에 너희는 나 여호와가 그것을 말하였고, 이루었다는 것을 알게 될 것이다. 나 여호와의 말이다.'" 

 "I will put My Spirit within you and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken and done it," declares the LORD.'"

 

 

 

THE ABSENCE OF HOPE can be a sure killer. So found the Public Health Institute of Berkeley, California, in a study that revealed that people who experienced high levels of despair had a 20 percent greater occurrence of atherosclerosis, the narrowing of their arteries, than did optimistic people. In fact, the study's authors concluded it was the same magnitude of increased risk that one sees in comparing a pack-a-day smoker to a non-smoker. Certainly, the people cited in our passage had perished in their despair. They were in exile, separated from their homeland, their condition apparently irrevocable. That is, until Ezekiel's vision of dry bones being overlaid by tendons, flesh and skin, and breathed into life as a vast army offered them new hope. "I will put my Spirit in you," the Lord said, "and you will live." There are times when we can feel like we're dying, absent of any hope. It could be the result of an unexpected job loss, a sudden financial crisis, or a dire prognosis from the doctor. Whatever it is, know that Ezekiel 37 reminds you that God is your source of both physical and spiritual life. He is also aware of your situation, and has not forgotten you. Let those truths revive your optimism and renew your strength.

 

Adam Colwell

 

Ask God to give you a hopeful, faith-filled attitude.

 

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* atherosclerosis[æ̀θərouskləróusis] : 아테롬성 동맥 경화증

* artert[ɑ́ːrtəri] : 동맥

* magnitude[mǽɡnətjùːd] : 크기, the great size or importance of sth

* perished[périʃt] : 매우 곤란한, 초췌해진, 매우 추운 of a person very cold

* apparently[əpǽrəntli] : 보기에, according to what you have heard or read

* irrevocable[irévəkəbl] : 되부를 수 없는, 돌이킬 수 없는, 취소할 수 없는,  that cannot be changed

* tendon[téndən] : 힘줄, a strong band of tissue in the body that joins a muscle to a bone

* dire[dáiər] : 무서운, very serious

* prognosis[prɑɡnóusis] : 예후, 예지, 예상, an opinion, based on medical experience, of the likely development of a disease or an illness